Scouting
In war, quality mattered more than quantity, and speed mattered most of all.
There were three scouting teams, each with only three people. They were not only small and agile, but also fast-moving, and there was little risk of them being wiped out in one fell swoop.
Even if the entire force were annihilated, the Canada operation team would lose less than a fifth of its manpower—not enough to cripple it.
By contrast, if the scouting teams succeeded, they might cripple the defectors from the Nine Provinces Xuan Association by taking out their eyes, ensuring the main force could advance safely until it reached the vicinity of the enemy stronghold. At that point, they could decide in a single word whether to fight or negotiate, instead of remaining as passive as they were now, repeatedly allowing the enemy to come knocking and nearly being given a humiliating first blow.
Before they set out, Li Bai lent them his walkie-talkies and low-power repeater radio, allowing the three scouting teams to maintain vital real-time contact with the main force. It was truly a gift in their hour of need.
Canada was not mainland Huaxia. Once they reached an uninhabited area, the mobile-phone signal they used in daily life would vanish without a trace. Capitalists did not have money to burn on casually planting signal poles everywhere. Both the basic and operating costs required money. The superiority of socialism did not exist merely in words—it was put into practice.
In the vast mountains, if they wanted to communicate with one another, they could rely on walkie-talkies and satellite phones—or simply shout.
However, the Wizards of the operation team also had some birds that could carry slips of paper or memory cards. Yet this method was obviously not as timely as modern technology,